The concept of social evolution in its modern form became widespread 250 years ago as part of the Enlightenment, and yet it still structures the thinking of academics, politicians, and the public in a myriad ways. Hunter-gatherers become the repository of the natural or primitive; civilization and "our" history is deemed to begin with farming societies; and state societies are seen as the only gateway to social complexity. Through a historical and comparative review, this book challenges the idea that social evolution and the inevitability of progress is self-evident. It examines the connections of progressive social evolution with various ideologies and projects, from emancipation to racism, colonialism, and imperialism and contemporary ideas of the new world order. Mark Pluciennik suggests that taking a critical stance allows other ways of thinking about and writing history to come into better focus. This enables us to ask different kinds of questions about the nature of change in human societies, and to treat social evolution in a more nuanced way.
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